Tech Gadgets Made For Your Bucket-List Adventures

A bucket list can be summed up in one phrase – “Fear nothing except fear itself.” Drumming up the courage to complete daring tasks before you die is fun, adventurous and fulfilling. For the extreme adventurer, plenty of new technology is available. These handy gadgets can help heighten the experience, and aid you to make it through the task and live to take on another.

Satellite Phone

Extreme adventures challenge our courage, but they shouldn’t challenge common sense. If your adventures take you to remote places where contact with the modern world is scarce, it’s best to equip yourself with a satellite phone. Sat phones like the GeoPro keep you connected with your work, family or even emergency responders while you hack your way through the Amazon jungle. Not only do satellite phones provide you with a reliable line of communication anywhere on Earth, but they offer tracking, map location, a check-in feature, two-way messaging and “geofencing,” which allow you to determine and monitor points of location when reached.

Action Camera

Perhaps one of the most fun gadgets for extreme adventurers is a durable camera like the Ego Cam, which can shoot 1080p videos and can be attached just about anywhere thanks to its tripod thread at its base. With Wi-Fi connection capabilities, you can use your smartphone with the device, giving yourself a viewfinder. The Ego Cam, which is waterproof as deep as 10ft, allows you to take continuous shots to capture your amazing feat frame by frame. This gadget retails for about $150 and includes a memory card slot and a battery that lasts for a couple hours.

Water-Based Smartphone Recharger

Imagine this: You’re anywhere in the world, whether it’s on top of Mt. Everest or riding a camel through the Sahara Desert, hundreds of miles away from the nearest outlet. Now imagine a device that can recharge a smartphone without any power source other than liquid. PowerTrekk’s water-based fuel-cell recharger only needs water (stream water or — gasp! — urine) to power up and recharge your mobile devices. The fuel cell is a handy, portable device no larger than a case for sunglasses. It can be used to recharge your sat phone, smartphone, radio or almost any other mobile device. The fuel cell uses any type of liquid to produce hydrogen, which processes through the fuel cell to create electricity. It’s the ultimate green energy gadget.

Digital Recording Binoculars

Sometimes, no matter how hard you try or how daring you are, you miss out on some action. With Sony’s digital recording binoculars, one can be sure to capture an amazing scene from afar. Want to get as close as you can to an Asian leopard in the wild without spooking it, or a pride of lions in Africa without being mauled? This gadget allows you to magnify as much as 25 times and record the action onto a memory card for HD and 3D movie recording. With its auto-focus feature, it can quickly pick up and focus in on fast moving objects and with its Optical SteadyShot image-stabilization technology, you don’t have to worry about blurriness. The binoculars come with minijacks for headphones and microphones. It’s compact, built for ruggedness and rainproof. The price tag for this must-have gadget is $2,000.

So there you have it. If you’re ready to check off another item off your bucket list, make sure you’ve got the right gear for the job!